John Taylor

Former CIO, MedHealth Australia

Australia

About John

John Taylor has over 25 years’ experience in technology and is currently the Group CIO of MedHealth, a multi-brand national health services provider.  Prior to his current role John was an IT executive with AGL (one of Australia’s largest energy companies) where he performed a variety of roles including the CIO for AGL’s Retail business, CTO, established its IT shared services capabilities and was AGL’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

John has wide-ranging experience across various sectors with extensive international experience in a variety of global roles for top 5 FTSE and top 20 ASX organisations, including IBM, Reuters, British American Tobacco and Insurance Australia Group. Throughout his career, John has delivered various major transformational programs, lead complex operational and development teams and provided consulting services up to Board level regarding various strategic IT topics.  John’s unique perspective is that he has held multiple CIO, CTO and CISO roles.

John holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Management Information Systems, a Master of Business Administration and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Directors.  In 2023, John was listed at number 25 in the Australian CIO50 Awards.

About MedHealth

MedHealth supports thousands of people each year to achieve better life, health and employment outcomes. We do this through our unique combination of strengths, capabilities and resources, which span healthcare management, medical opinion, advisory, employment, health and business technology, rehabilitation and return to work services.  

Our team of 3,500 committed health, employment and support professionals use their talents to help others realise their potential. Backed with the expertise of more than 920 independent medical specialists, we cover all major medical and allied health disciplines.  

MedHealth is part of the ExamWorks global network which includes Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom, delivering over 2 million medical opinion and case management services annually. MedHealth, via its 25 plus brands, provides services from in excess of 300 locations across Australia.